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At the World Summit on Sustainable Development, held in Johannesburg, South Africa in 2002, States agreed to “establish by 2004 a regular process under the United Nations for global reporting and assessment of the state of the marine environment, including socio-economic aspects, both current and foreseeable, building on existing regional assessments” (the “Regular Process”). For a more detailed description of the background of the regular process click here